North Korea's ... (・_・;)
U.S. officials concerned over North Korea's 'ratcheting up of rhetoric'
- NEW: U.S. official says "North Korea is not a paper tiger"
- U.S. intelligence official expresses concern about "ratcheting up of rhetoric"
- The announcement follows a slew of recent threats from North Korea
- The move will affect people working in a joint North-South industrial complex
paper tiger: こけおどし
ratchet up: 徐々にあげる、増やす
rhetoric: 言葉遣い、言葉のあや、説明、誇張、美辞麗句
(a) slew of ～: たくさんの、多数の
ハッタリとかじゃないってことは、わかりました。
ですが、
ほんとに軍事行動にでないでください！
こんな風にリラックスしていきましょうよぉ (^^)
☆ ☆彡 ((((BOM!)))) ヽ(~-~(゜O°; アッ! ☆ ☆彡
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Black smoke signals no pope elected
at first conclave vote
VATICAN CITY |
(Reuters) -
Thick black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney
on Tuesday,
signaling an inconclusive first vote in the conclave to
elect a new pope
at a time of strife and scandal for the Roman Catholic Church.
Thousands of faithful huddled in St. Peter's
Square to watch the smoke
pour out of the narrow flue in the rain-laden
gloom following a day
rich in ritual and pageantry.
Earlier,
after praying for divine guidance, the red-hatted cardinals
took a
solemn vow in Latin never to divulge any details of their deliberations.
They then secluded themselves behind the chapel's heavy wooden doors.
No
conclave in the modern era has chosen a pope on its first day,
and some
cardinals speculated this week that
it might take four or five days to
pick the man
to replace Pope Benedict, 85, who unexpectedly abdicated
last month.
abdicate: 退く、辞任する
☆彡 ☆彡 ☆彡
って、昨日書いてて、途中で時間が無くなって下書き保存してたら、
あらま、今朝のニュースで、新しい Pope 決まっちゃってるやないですか。。。
4～5日かかるかも、、、の予想で、ゆっくりしてたら、、、(；＾ω＾)
March 13, 2013 -- Updated 2340 GMT (0740 HKT)
(CNN) --
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, the new pope
,
is breaking historic ground by choosing the name Francis.
It's the first time the name is being used by a pope,
said CNN Vatican expert John Allen.
Pope Francis chose his
name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi
because he is a lover of the
poor, said Vatican deputy spokesman
Thomas Rosica.
(*゜▽゜)ノ
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福島 3.11 2年目
Destination Fukushima:
Two years on
Fukushima, Japan
By Issei Kato
“Let’s put our hearts together and keep going, Fukushima!” reads
a large banner that hangs across a large steel structure
that stands next to the No. 4 reactor building
at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima nuclear power plant.
“Let’s put our hearts together and keep going”：
心をひとつに がんばろう！
The plant was overwhelmed by a massive tsunami
and earthquake two years ago,
triggering hydrogen explosions and a nuclear meltdown.
☆彡 ☆彡 ☆彡
一日も早い復興をお祈りします。
Comet!!! 彗星が見える(^^)の？
Welcome to the year of the comet
(we hope)
- Comet Pan-STARRS will swing into view over the Northern Hemisphere beginning March 7
- It will stay close to the horizon, so you'll need to get away from trees and buildings to see it
- Comet ISON will pass by this year, but scientist is skeptical of "Comet of Century" predictions
skeptical: 懐疑的、疑い深い
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パンスターズ (Pan-STARRS, Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response System)
アイソンって彗星とかも見れるとか o(^-^o)(o^-^)o
見れたらいいなぁ。(^^)
火星に行く！ Send people to Mars!!! 2018
Group aims to send 2 humans on Mars mission in 2018
By John Zarrella, CNN
If newly unveiled plans pan out,
a man and a woman may represent
humanity on one journey
that has never been attempted before: a mission to Mars.
pan out: 成功する、計画がうまくいく
“It’s incredibly feasible. It’s not crazy talk,"
Taber MacCallum, CEO of Paragon Space Development Corp., told CNN.
feasible: 〔計画などが〕実現［実行］可能な
MacCallum and millionaire Dennis Tito announced their plans Wednesday
to send a couple of earthlings on a 501-day trip in a spacecraft
that
would fly by the red planet.
earthling: 〔地球に住む〕人間、地球人
The proposal was unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington.
The mission would lift off in 2018, they
said.
It would not involve landing on Mars,
making the proposed journey
infinitely easier
than putting people on the planet's surface,
which
NASA wants to do later this century.
But the spacecraft would pass
within 100 miles of the planet.
☆彡 ☆彡 ☆彡 mars ☆彡 ☆彡 ☆彡
いいですねぇ。夢がありますねぇ。(⌒-⌒)
ま、この火星行きでは、人間は火星には着陸しないってことですが、
100マイル以内を通過するってことで
ワクワクしますよね。
映画 John Carter の中では 「バルスーム」 ですね。(^^)
あの装置があれば、ピュピュっと行けるのになぁ。。。。
( o＾д＾o)